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Aa, Dirk van der  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Dutch, 18th century, male.

Active also active in France.

Born 1731, in The Hague; died 1809.

Painter, decorative artist. Allegorical subjects.

Dirck van der Aa was originally a pupil of Johann Heinrich Keller, and later of Gerrit Mes. He had a remarkable gift for composition and execution and was a talented colourist and draughtsman - all the qualities required to be a fine decorative artist. Later in his career he worked in partnership with his former teacher Gerrit Mes. Decorative panels for carriages were very fashionable at the period and the two artists established a strong reputation in this field. One of van der Aa's most important pieces is a room he decorated in the house of Baron de Heeckeren in The Hague. He is also known for the decoration he executed for the arrival of William IV at The Hague on ...

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Abbati, Pietro Giovanni  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th century, male.

Active at the beginning of the 18th century.

Painter, decorative designer.

A pupil of Fernando Galli, Abbati was involved in various decorative projects in Parma. He is known to have been in Turin in 1700, and subsequently in Bologna and Vienna (where he was still active in ...

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Adam, Henri Albert  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Swiss, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1766, in Geneva; died 1820, in St Petersburg.

Enameller, miniaturist. Figures.

He worked in Geneva, subsequently in Russia. A miniature by him (a portrait of a man) was sold by René Ch. in 1919 for 520 francs.

Geneva: Adrienne Lecouvreur...

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Adam, Nicolas-Sébastien  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

French, 18th century, male.

Born 22 March 1705, in Nancy; died 27 March 1778, in Paris.

Sculptor, art restorer, decorative designer.

The second son of Jacob-Sigisbert Adam, Nicolas-Sébastien Adam left Nancy at the age of 16 and went to continue his studies in Paris. He made rapid progress and became widely known. The treasurer general of Languedoc summoned him to the Château de La Mosson, near Montpellier, and commissioned him to embellish his château with sculptures. He remained there for four years and in ...

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Ademollo, Luigi  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 30 April 1764, in Milan; died 11 February 1849, in Florence.

Painter, draughtsman (including ink), watercolourist, engraver (line-engraving). Allegorical subjects, historical subjects, battles, genre scenes, scenes with figures. Decorative schemes, church decoration, decorative designs.

After studying in Milan and Rome, Ademollo was invited to Florence to decorate the Teatro della Pergola (which has since been destroyed). He settled in Florence until his death and was widely regarded as one of the neo-classical masters of the Tuscan School. At the start of his career, he painted principally arabesques, but went on to develop his technique to the point where Ferdinand III commissioned him to decorate the Pitti Palace and to paint historical and allegorical subjects for its individual rooms. One of his best-known works is ...

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Adler, Georg Gottfried  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

German, 18th century, male.

Born 1700; died 1755.

Painter, decorative designer.

Active in Leipzig.

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Affleck, Thomas  

Oscar P. Fitzgerald

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2003
Collection:
Grove Art Online

(b Aberdeen, 1740; d Philadelphia, PA, March 5, 1795).

American cabinetmaker of Scottish birth. He trained as a cabinetmaker in Edinburgh and London. In 1763 he arrived in Philadelphia on the same boat as John Penn, the new Governor of Pennsylvania and a future client, to join Quaker friends. He opened a shop on Union Street and eventually moved to Second Street in the Society Hill area. He made stylish mahogany furniture (sold 1788; e.g. Philadelphia, PA, Cliveden Mus.; armchair, Winterthur, DE, Mus. & Gdns) for the governor’s mansion at Lansdowne, PA, and many of the most prominent families in the city owned his work, including the Mifflins, the Whartons, and the Chew family at Cliveden. The parlour suite he made for John Cadwalader carved by James Reynolds and the firm of Bernard and Jugiez in 1770–71 was among the most elaborate ever produced in the colonies (pole screen, Philadelphia, PA, Mus. A.).

A Quaker and Loyalist, Affleck refused to participate in the Revolution (...

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Alanis, Vincente  

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31 October 2011
Collection:
Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Spanish, 18th century, male.

Active still alive in 1803.

Born 1723.

Painter, decorative artist. Historical subjects.

Alanis taught at the academy of arts in Seville for 25 years. His most highly praised works were the decorative paintings adorning the façade of the Chapter Houses of Seville Cathedral, to mark the visit of King Charles IV of Spain....

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Alaux, Joseph  

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31 October 2011
Collection:
Benezit Dictionary of Artists

French, 18th century, male.

Born 1728, in Lautrec (Tarn); died probably, in Lautrec (Tarn).

Painter, decorative artist, tapestry maker.

Alaux's father was Pierre Alaux, a master tapestry maker, and his grandfather was Gilles Alaux, a master sculptor.

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Alaux, Pierre-Joseph  

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31 October 2011
Collection:
Benezit Dictionary of Artists

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 16 July 1756, in Lautrec (Tarn); died most probably, in Bordeaux.

Painter, decorative designer. Theatre decoration.

Pierre-Joseph Alaux studied painting and decoration with his father, Joseph, a painter, decorator and master weaver born at the beginning of the 18th century. Pierre-Joseph had several children, including three painter sons: Jean-Pierre the Elder, who created the 'neorama', Jean, nicknamed Romain, and Jean-Paul, known as Gentil. He worked principally in Bordeaux, a town then expanding rapidly, and where in ...

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Albano, Vincenzo  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th century, male.

Active in Ferrara.

Died c. 1748.

Painter, decorative designer. Allegorical subjects.

Bruges, 5 Nov 1966: Allegorical Scene, BEF 12,000

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Alberoni, Giovanni Battista  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th century, male.

Painter. Theatre decoration.

Studied under Ferdinando Galli Bibiena and was a member of the Bologna academy. He participated in ornamental work for theatres in Bologna, Rovigo, Modena and elsewhere.

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Albert  

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31 October 2011
Collection:
Benezit Dictionary of Artists

German, 18th century, male.

Painter, decorative designer. Murals.

He is recorded as having worked on the decoration of Prince Henry of Prussia's summer palace in Rheinsberg around 1754.

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Alcantara, Pedro d'  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Portuguese, 18th century, male.

Born in the Algarve.

Painter. Landscapes. Theatre decoration.

Pedro d'Alcantara painted scenery for various theatres in Lisbon between 1747 and 1763.

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Aldrovandini, Domenico  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 17th – 18th century, male.

Born in Bologna.

Painter, decorative designer.

The son of Giuseppe Aldrovandini; believed to have studied principally under his brother Tommaso, whose unfinished work he subsequently completed. He is known to have lived in Parma in 1704 and 1710.

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Aldrovandini, Mauro  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th century, male.

Active in Bologna.

Painter, fresco artist, decorative designer. Religious subjects.

This artist - who should not be mistaken for the father of Pompeo Aldrovandini - was responsible for a fresco on the altar of S Maria degli Angeli in Bologna.

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Aldrovandini, Pompeo  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th century, male.

Born 1677, in Bologna; died 1735, in Rome.

Painter, decorative designer.

The son of Mauro Aldrovandini. He studied under, then worked with, his cousin Tommaso. Following his early study years, Pompeo went on to work extensively in Turin, Vienna, Dresden and Prague, executing frescoes and other elegant ornamentation for theatres, churches and private mansions. He subsequently settled in Rome and ended his career on a high note, having established a reputation as a painter who was as skilled as he was elegant. His principal pupils were Gioseffo Orsoni and Stefano Orlandi, who assisted him in his decorative work....

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Aldrovandini, Tommaso  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 17th – 18th century, male.

Born 12 December 1653, in Bologna; died 23 October 1736, in Bologna.

Painter, decorative designer.

Eldest son of Giuseppe Aldrovandini, he studied under his uncle Mauro and under C. Gennari and Carlo Cignani. He is certainly the most illustrious member of the Aldrovandini painter dynasty. Between ...

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Alfano, Nicola  

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31 October 2011
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Italian, 18th century, male.

Painter, decorative designer.

Two painters of this name are on record as being active in 1762, one working at the convent of S Andrea delle Dame and the other at the chapel in the Gravina Palace in Naples. To the extent that the latter project was completed only in ...

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Allis family  

Gordon Campbell

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Published online:
22 October 2008
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Grove Art Online

American family of joiners and cabinetmakers, active in Hadfield, MA. The brothers John Allis (1642–91) and Samuel Allis (1647–91), whose maternal great-uncle was Nicholas Disbrowe, were both joiners, as was John’s son Ichabod (1675–1747). The firm was managed by John Allis the elder, and employed his brother and sons; John the elder’s partner was ...